strangulate
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"The T cell attack seemed to incite oligodendrocytes to strangulate axons like a constrictor snake" Martini adds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
I am not in very truth, and may the first jest I attempt to utter strangulate me outright, before it escapes from my lips.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
The autopsy report said the obstruction was “in the form of a strangulated small bowel caused by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgery years ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Verlaine’s voice would never be ingratiating enough for a broad audience; it was reedy, yelpy, quavery, a bit strangulated.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
Mr Iles died from a strangulated hernia that cut off the blood supply to his heart at 17:10 GMT on 19 March.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022
A peppy digidub riddim sets up its groove in a dark room, and soon phantom figures are flitting in and out: a skittering drum pattern here, a strangulated holler there.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2017
If the intestine contained within the scrotum should at any time become strangulated, it must then be treated the same as in an adult horse.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
“Its civilian institutions affect hundreds of thousands of Lebanese, mainly Shia. It’s a way of strangulating the community further.”
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Consultations with doctors eventually brought a brutal diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder in which the muscles in the larynx tighten or lapse into spasms, strangulating speech while making singing a significant challenge.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Time is no longer a luxury, but a deprivation tied to the strangulating struggle for survival.
From Salon ● May 22, 2022
His finding his voice as a young guy, and really coming into his own, was an escape from a situation at home that I think was kind of strangulating.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
This pressure not only adds to the patient's suffering but may at the same time endanger the life of the affected parts by strangulating the blood vessels.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
